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- DictionaryBlanch/blan(t)SH/
verb
- 1. make white or pale by extracting color: "the cold light blanched her face"
- 2. flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or a similar emotion: "many people blanch at the suggestion"
The meaning of BLANCH is to take the color out of. How to use blanch in a sentence.
Blanch definition: to whiten by removing color; bleach. See examples of BLANCH used in a sentence.
BLANCH definition: 1. to turn pale, for example because you are shocked: 2. to make a plant pale by covering it up so…. Learn more.
BLANCH meaning: 1. to turn pale, for example because you are shocked: 2. to make a plant pale by covering it up so…. Learn more.
To blanch is to turn pale, usually as the result of a physical or psychological shock. 19th-century literary heroines were frequently blanching — before they fainted, that is.
1. to whiten by removing color; bleach. 2. to boil (food) briefly, as to whiten, facilitate removal of skins, remove strong flavors, or prepare for freezing. 3. to whiten or prevent the greening of (the stems or leaves of plants, as lettuce) by excluding light. 4.
blanch in British English. (blɑːntʃ ) verb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to remove colour from, or (of colour) to be removed; whiten; fade. the sun blanched the carpet. over the years the painting blanched. 2. (usually intr) to become or cause to become pale, as with sickness or fear.
